Uber On Monday, he informed employees, including some who were previously approved to remote work, that it would require the office to come to the office three days a week, found out CNBC.
“Even when the external environment remains dynamic, we have a solid position, with a clear strategy and large plans,” said CNBC General Director of Dara Khosrowshahi, which was viewed by CNBC. “Entering the next chapter, I want to emphasize that” good “will not be good enough – we must be great.”
Khosrowshahi continues that employees have to push themselves so that the company “can move faster and take a smarter risk” and outlined a few changes in Uber's labor policy.
Uber founded on Tuesdays and Thursdays in 2022 as “anchor days”, in which most employees have to spend at least half of the working time in the company's office. According to the note from the note, from June employees will be required in the office from Tuesday to Thursday.
This includes some employees who were previously approved for remote work. The company announced that it has already informed that it would affect remote employees.
“After a thorough review of our existing remote approvals, we ask many remote employees to come to the office,” wrote Khosrowshahi. “In addition, we will hire new remote roles only very sparingly.”
According to the note, the company also changed its monthly Sabbatical Sabbatical program. Earlier, employees qualified for vacation after five years in the company. According to the note, this was raised to eight years.
“This program was created when Uber was a much younger company, and after reaching a 5 -year term was a rare feat,” wrote Khosrowshahi. “Then we were in the office five (sometimes more!) Days of the week and we did not establish our work from any place.”
Khosrowshahi said that the changes would help Uber to move faster.
“Our collective view as a managerial team is that although remote work has some benefits, being in office cooperation, causes creativity and increases speed,” wrote Khosrowshahi.
Changes come because more and more companies in the technology industry have reduced costs to calm investors after excessive employment during the Covid-19 pandemic. Google recently began to demand that employees who were previously approved for remote work would also return to the office if they want to keep work, CNBC was reported last week.
Khosrowshahi last year accused Remote work on the loss of the most loyal customers who would provide driving as access to work.
“Going further, we continue to grow this bar,” said Khosrowshahi's Monday note. “After a thorough review of our existing remote approval, we ask many remote employees to come to the office. In addition, we will hire new roles only very sparingly.”
The Uber steering team will monitor the turnout “both at the team and individual level to ensure the meeting of expectations,” wrote Khosrowshahi.
After the note, Uber employees immediately attacked the internal forum of the company's questions and answers, according to the correspondence viewed by CNBC. Khosrowshahi said he and Nikki Krishnamurthy, a company The chief director, on Tuesday, will organize a meeting with the whole hand to discuss the changes.
Many employees asked leadership to reconsider the change of holidays, arguing that the company should honor the original qualification policy.
“This is not” proper “to its employees,” commented one of the employees.
Uber did not answer immediately at the request for comment.